And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.

When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked for the day of evil.

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made both of them.

Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

The way of an eagle in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all the unfortunate.